State leaders are responding to the rash of child deaths in Florida this summer.
Broward senator Eleanor Sobel hosted a town meeting that drew hundreds of advocates and child welfare workers on Tuesday.
And House Speaker Will Weatherford, reacting to the meeting, tweeted, "This should be examined during the 2014 Legislative Session."
Advocates like state Guardian ad Litem director Alan Abramowitz are hoping lawmakers will give child welfare workers fewer families to work with.
"Their case loads should be as low as 12 children. I know that it's probably anywhere between 14 and 18, but you need to know the child really well if you're going to be making recommendations for that child's life."
The policy discussion will continue next week when the Department of Children and Families hosts its annual Dependency Summit in Orlando.
The agency is working to regroup after the death toll for child abuse and neglect reached 20 since April -- all children whose families were already known to DCF.
Critics say many of the deaths could have been prevented.